{"id":9108,"date":"2020-12-13T17:05:50","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T18:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=9108"},"modified":"2020-12-13T19:02:09","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T19:02:09","slug":"galle-gladiators-beat-colombo-kings-in-last-over-thriller-to-qualify-for-lpl-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=9108","title":{"rendered":"Galle Gladiators beat Colombo Kings in last-over thriller to qualify for LPL final"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/arysports.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Galle-Gladiators.jpg\" width=\"742\" height=\"486\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Karachi: Galle Gladiators defeated Colombo Kings in the first semi-final of the inaugural Lanka Premier League (LPL) by two wickets at Hambantota, thanks to\u00a0Dhananjaya Lakshan&#8217;s all-round performance under pressure.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old Lakshan smashed unbeaten 23-balls 31 which included a six and two fours. Lakshan Sandakan hit a boundary off the penultimate ball of the last over, handing Gladiators their third-win of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Gladiators restricted Kings 150\/9 in 20 overs courtesy of three wickets by Sandakan and two each by Lakshan and Nuwan Thushara.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old\u00a0Daniel Bell-Drummond made 53-ball 70 while no other batsman managed to score more than 20. Daniel struck seven fours and three sixes.<\/p>\n<p>Gladiators&#8217; inform batter Danushka Gunathilaka only scored 13 off 8 while skipper\u00a0Bhanuka Rajapaksa made 17-ball 33. Pakistan&#8217;s Azam Khan looked good for his 21 off 13 but couldn&#8217;t hold his nerve and was removed by\u00a0Dushmantha Chameera in the seventh over.<\/p>\n<p>Shehan Jayasuriya (22) and Lakshan played valuable knocks later, leading Gladiators closer to win. The drama didn&#8217;t end as Gladiators only scored two runs in the 19th over but Lakshan and Sandakan made sure Gladiators cross the line with ease before the final ball.<\/p>\n<p>Gladiators will now face Jaffna Stallions or Dambulla Vikings, who are set to lock horns in the second semi-final of the competition tomorrow.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/arysports.tv\/watch-azam-khan-replicates-afridis-half-century-knock-lpl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WATCH: Azam Khan replicates Afridi\u2019s half-century knock in LPL<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Karachi: Galle Gladiators defeated Colombo Kings in the first semi-final of the inaugural Lanka Premier League (LPL) by two wickets at Hambantota, thanks to\u00a0Dhananjaya Lakshan&#8217;s <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=9108\" title=\"Galle Gladiators beat Colombo Kings in last-over thriller to qualify for LPL final\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9108"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9108"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9110,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9108\/revisions\/9110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}